Rabbi Jonah Winer hired as new director of religious life at Tufts Hillel; Green and Orange Line closures upset commuters: Your Tufts Daily Briefing

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Dear reader,

Welcome back to Tufts! As classes get underway, we are so excited to be resuming production and publication of The Tufts Daily for the Fall 2022 semester. This semester, we will be printing weekly, on Thursdays, and publishing online at tuftsdaily.com on all other days. For the first time since 2020, we've expanded distribution back to pre-pandemic levels, with the Daily now available at more than 20 locations both on and off campus (check out our distribution map below!).

Please note that we will be in half production for the first three weeks of the semester, meaning we will publish every other day until Sept. 26, when we will begin full production. To learn more about what you can expect from the Daily this fall, click here to read our recent Letter from the Managing Board.

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The Fall 2022 Managing Board

Rabbi Jonah Winer hired as new director of religious life at Tufts Hillel

Despite the excitement about Winer joining the Tufts community, some students are hesitant about Winer’s appointment, as he is another Orthodox rabbi and Hillel does not employ a rabbi from other prominent Jewish denominations. “Rabbi Jonah was not hired as an Orthodox rabbi; he was hired to be rabbi for our entire diverse community of students, and it was his commitment to Jewish pluralism that stood out to us in the interview process,” Rabbi Naftali Brawer said. “Jonah is every student’s rabbi!” READ MORE
Coco Arcand reports. Photo by Natalie Brownsell.

NEWS | Eaton Hall set to undergo complete renovation

Eaton Hall was opened in 1908 as the university’s library and remained so until the construction of Tisch Library in 1965. The building most recently housed the anthropology, classical studies, religion and sociology departments, as well as the Eaton Hall computer lab. Much of the original architecture — some dating back to 1905 — remains in place today. READ MORE
Madeline Wilson reports. Photo by Rachel Hartman.

ARTS | Stranger Things 4: The cultural phenomenon continues

The fourth season of Stranger Things overcomes the struggles that often plague popular television series in their later seasons. READ MORE
Sam Dieringer writes. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

OPINION | Letter from the Managing Board: What you can expect from the Daily this fall

Welcome or welcome back to the Hill! We at the Daily have been hard at work all summer preparing to deliver intriguing, engrossing, revelatory journalism to you this fall. Since a newspaper’s first responsibility is to the community it serves, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you know what you can expect from us this semester — both in terms of our day-to-day operations and our philosophy of how the Daily should function in the Tufts community. READ MORE
Chloe Courtney Bohl, Delaney Clarke, Julia Shannon-Grillo, Ty Blitstein, Abigail Vixama, Charlene Tsai and Sam Berman report.

SPORTS | New and returning volleyball captains talk team culture, upcoming season

After a historic run last year, the Tufts volleyball team sets sights on its upcoming competitive season with excitement. Newly elected captains, junior setter Maddie Yu, senior middle hitter Grace Legris and senior outside hitter and defensive specialist Anna Nachmanoff shared their insights on the team and the season they are eagerly anticipating. READ MORE
Keila McCabe writes. Photo courtesy JHU Athletics.

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This newsletter was compiled by Evelyn Altschuler.

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